The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to help fund a project to integrate roadway data from multiple sources into a single data system.
The grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s...

March 30--All Aboard Florida is closer to getting the money it needs to finish its Miami to Orlando passenger rail after Friday appointments made to a board charged with deciding whether it will receive $1.75 billion in tax exempt bonds.
The...

March 31--The good news: Riders of Miami-Dade County's transit system pay about $1 million in fares every 72 hours. The bad news: Miami-Dade's transit system costs about $1.5 million a day to operate.
That wide gap between the transit system's...

March 31--BEVERLY -- Commuter rail service from Salem to Rockport and Newburyport will be shut down for 21 days as part of a massive, $23 million project to replace the failing railroad bridge between Salem and Beverly.
The shutdown won't affect...

Members of the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) gathered in Washington, D.C., in March at their annual Public Policy Summit to drive home what is at stake for millions of Americans during the next few months when Congress will...

President Obama re-released the GROW AMERICA Act on March 30. The proposal recommends $478 billion over the next six years which would be dramatically higher than the current authorization.
"The GROW AMERICA Act represents progress in an effort to...

Capital transportation projects can be funded in part through value capture if local governments, transportation authorities and private development companies initiate the concept in the very early planning stages: key finding from recent research.

As part of the update to the commonwealth’s 12-Year Transportation Program, Pennsylvanians are invited to provide input on their transportation priorities and to register for an interactive online public meeting on April 16.
The program, which serves...

Over the past year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has visited more than 100 communities and heard one common story – shared by all – about crumbling infrastructure and dwindling resources to fix it with. On March 30, Secretary Foxx sent...

March 28--State lawmakers are creating a mega-dollar plan to fix Georgia's withering transportation system, but they're laboring without clear and public direction from the man at the top.
Gov. Nathan Deal has sent mixed signals on transportation since...

March 27--OLYMPIA -- A steady stream of business leaders and local government officials urged a House panel to raise the gasoline tax and several other vehicle fees and spend the projected $15 billion on roads, bridges, mass transit and ferries...

March 27--Former top MBTA executives and union workers have been boosting their pensions with more than $5.3 million a year in extra retirement perks -- led by the nearly $150,000-a-year pension scored by the current head of the agency's retirement...

SEPTA is moving forward with initiatives to renew critical infrastructure, replace aging portions of its fleet and expand capacity for growing ridership under its proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Capital Budget and 12-Year Capital Program. The capital budget...

March 27--TRENTON -- It looks likely that New Jersey won't be raising gas taxes in the next few months.
Gov. Chris Christie's administration has put together a mix of borrowed, transferred and surplus funds to provide a financial plan for...

March 27--PINOPOLIS -- Horry County Councilmen want to hear an update on the funding agreement the county has with Coast RTA before it moves ahead with committing more than $1 million to the transit agency.
A Coast official said late Thursday that a...

March 26--Unless state lawmakers come up with more money, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority will run bus and rail service and two airports with about $9 million less than what agency administrators say is needed.
While no major effects on...

March 26--With pained faces, Houston transit officials Thursday learned they likely have to write off $96 million worth of studies related to light rail lines west of downtown, though transit improvements in the area remain a priority.
"I feel the...

The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) , in conjunction with other transit agencies across America, will be participating in the nationwide "Stand Up For Transportation Day" on April 9. Sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association...

March 26--HARTFORD -- Public-private partnerships with large investors might be one of the ways that the state could pay for his 30-year, $100 billion transportation-infrastructure plan, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said.
Malloy attended a Wednesday morning...

March 25--BREMERTON -- Kitsap Transit officials have begun mapping their way past a cliff where they'd fall into the red.
Expenses are rising faster than revenues by $700,000 a year and, if left unchecked, will overtake them in 2019.
Local sales...

March 26--TARTA has set May 12 as its day to hear public comments about plans to raise fares by 25 percent.
The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority's base fare, $1, has been in effect since January, 2006, and is the lowest among major Ohio transit...

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) Board of Directors adopted the fiscal year 2016 Budget and Capital Plan at its monthly Board Meeting held March 25 at the CDTA Headquarters in Albany.
The $79.9 million dollar spending plan is...

BC Ferries announced today that both a tariff increase approved by the BC Ferries Commissioner, as well as a fuel rebate will occur on April 1.
Fares for vehicles and passengers will rise by 3.9 per cent on average on April 1. At the same time, a...

March 24--Chatham Area Transit staff on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to divide $100 million in state bond revenues among Georgia's 128 transit systems.
CAT CEO Chad Reese said his organization's proposal for allocating funding is the first and only...